Housing improvement: a novel paradigm for urban vector-borne disease control?

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Dec;110(10):567-569. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trw070. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

Authors

Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec¹, Audrey Lenhart², Pablo Manrique-Saide³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA gmvazqu@emory.edu.
² Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomológicos, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico.

PMID: 27864518
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trw070

No abstract available

Keywords: Aedes aegypti; House screens; Integrated vector management; Urbanization.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aedes*
Animals
Dengue / prevention & control*
Dengue / transmission
Housing*
Humans
Insect Vectors*
Mosquito Control / methods*
Urban Population*